For heaven’s sake, in that part of the world are ALL their cities the “holy city of...”?
Yes, they claim every city is holy. The “second” most holy city is in Iraq per the article, not Saudi Arabia where the other first and second most holy cities are. The article’s author is insulting one sect of Islam by making the other sect’s most holy cities less holy.
When does anyone write about Jerusalem or Vatican City in the same breathless way?